The Migration Institute of Finland turns 50 in 2024!

Anniversary year programme

(Subject to change, and the programme will be updated throughout the year.)

January

16.1. kick-off event for stakeholders and launch of the 50th anniversary book, Migration Institute of Finland, Turku

25.1. with the Night of the Sciences, “Mind the Gap – The gap between research and policy on migration issues”, Helsinki.

February

13.2. Researcher seminar on the move: Intra-country migration, Seinäjoki, Regional development. Migration Institute of Finland – 30 years in Ostrobothnia.

21.2. Book evening: author Anna Soudakova, Migration Institute of Finland’s Library, Turku.

March

12.3. Research seminar on the move: Northern migratory movements, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi.

April

9.4. Research seminar on the move: Mobility in Rural Contexts (Eng.), University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu

24.4. Book Night: author Sara Al Husaini, Migration Institute of Finland’s Library, Turku, Finland

May

7.5. Research seminar on the move/webinar: Changing expatriate Finnishness and the hope for a good old age, Migration Institute of Finland, Turku
In cooperation with Suomi-Seura ry.

29.5. Book Night: Sirpa Humalisto & Jarmo Lainio, Archive of the Swedish Finns, Migration Institute of Finland’s Library, Turku.

June

5.6. Research seminar on the move: Swedish-language migration and the theme of the day ‘Centret för Svenskfinland 10 years’, Åbo Akademi, Vaasa

13.6. Public event: park party, Tuomiokirkkopuisto, Turku, Finland

July

24.-28.7. with FinnFest, Duluth, USA

September

3.9. Research seminar on the move, University of Tampere, Finland
September (date to be confirmed) Book Night: author Juha-Pekka Koskinen: Fire-Wing and Hawkeye, Migration Institute of Finland’s Library

15.9. Turku Day, Open Doors, Migration Institute of Finland, Turku.

27.-29.9. with Turku Book Fair

October

1.10. Research seminar on the move, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

10.-11.10. 50. Migration Symposium: “Moving into the future through migration”, Turku, Finland

29.10. Research seminar on the move, University of Helsinki

November

1.-30.11. Exhibition of the Migration Institute, Turku City Library Main Library

14.-15.11. with INTEGRATION2024, Logomo, Turku

20.11. Book evening: author and journalist Maxim Fedorov: My Ukraine, Turku City Library

December

18.12. International Migrants’ Day, Migration Institute of Finland, Turku, Finland